page_title: Vehicle registration plates of Romania
section_title: Plates for special organizations
hierarchical_section_title: Vehicle registration plates of Romania / Other license plate formats / Plates for special organizations
caption_attribution_description: English: Firefighters' first aid crew vehicle at the street Șoseaua Nicolae Titulescu, Bucharest. Română: Pompierii - echipaj prim ajutor.This photograph was taken with a Sony ILCE-5000
context_page_description: The most common format for vehicle registration plates in Romania consists of black letters on white background in the format CC 123 ABC, where CC is a one- or two-letter county code, 123 is a two- or three-digit group, and ABC is a three-letter group. The left side of the plate bears a blue vertical strip displaying the 12 stars of the European Union and the country code of Romania. Between 1992-2007 the band featured the Romanian flag instead of the 12 stars. All lettering comes from the Latin alphabet.
  The rear plate usually carries a round label displaying the month and year when the technical inspection of the vehicle is due. These labels have different background colors depending on the year displayed. The label does not have a specific slot and can be placed anywhere, but the right side is preferred and plates usually come with a slot for them.
context_section_description: The Romanian Armed Forces and the Ministry of Internal Affairs are allowed to issue plates in a special format which does not fall under normal regulations.
  The format, size and style is decided by each such organization via internal regulations and may not resemble other types of plates.
  The Armed Forces use plates without the European strip (as their regulations predate the 1992 regulation imposing it), with the letter "A" (Armată, military) followed by 3 to 7 digits. Military plates issued more recently (from 2002 onwards) may include the European strip.
  Ministry of Administration and Interior plates start with "MAI" and are typically seen on cars belonging to the Gendarmerie, Romanian Police, emergency response units, and some SMURD ambulances.
  MAI plates are not issued to cars used by local police employed by town hall, which use regular plates instead.
caption: SMURD ambulance with MAI plates
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